Okay, believe it or not, we’re just about down to 100 days until Baldy opens for the 75th winter season… And Apples Bar and Grill at the base of the Warm Springs ski lifts is presenting the 7th annual Pig Roast and Reggae celebration of the 100 day pre-anniversary. It all happens at the Apple’s restaurant there with a frisbee golf course set up through the Greyhawk parking lot and around the lift bases, finishing up on the street where the Ethan Tucker Band will be supplying the music for the evening. Dinner served Apples-style, and plenty of beer will be flowing. Should be a great time for all. Pack the dogs and kennel the kids, and come on out to join the fun!
Noon- Frisbee Golf
Music starts at 4pm and dinner served at 5pm.
Sun Valley Season Pass raffle- $5 per tickets or 5 for $20
See you there
To kick off the 75th Winter Season of the best ski mountain in America, Sun Valley Resort, Level 1, Monster, Red Bull, Smith, Apple’s Bar and Grill, The Roosevelt Tavern, Whisky Jacques and the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation present The First Annual SUN VALLEY HARVEST: A GATHERING OF FILM festival, Friday & Saturday, October 22-23, 2010.
Submission deadline is September 10.
It’s a friendly competition to celebrate the beauty of our mountain and valley, the talent of those who live, ski and ride here and the creativity of local and regional film & video makers. The first annual Sun Valley Harvest Film Festival will showcase local talent – on the hill as well as behind the camera. In keeping with the freedom that so represents our sports.
Entertain us. Make us laugh. Make us cry. Thrill us. Most of all – have fun! That’s what this sport is all about. Now – impress us!
Join us at the Sun Valley Gun Club Saturday, September 11 for a fun autumn day of clay shooting.
100 targets and delicious BBQ Lunch for only $35 per person. Registration starts at 9am.
The Sun Valley Gun Club is located just 1.5 miles east of the Sun Valley Lodge. We offer Trap, Double Trap, Wobble Trap, Skeet, Duck Tower, 5-Stand and Sporting Clays. Baretta Gun rental and expert instructors are on staff daily. Beginners are welcome. Call (208) 622-2111 for more information.
Mark Frisby, Director of Tennis at Sun Valley Resort, and David Perry invite all tennis players and their families back to world-famous Sun Valley Resort for a weekend of fun, celebration and great tennis. “We had a great turnout at our July 4 weekend tournament and we hope you will join us for a great tournament this Labor Day weekend.”
Entry deadline is August 31. For more information and entry forms please contact the Sun Valley Recreation Center in the Sun Valley Village (208) 622-2135
USTA Tournament #257408610
Play includes: Men’s Open Singles & Doubles and Women’s Open Singles & Doubles.
First event: $40 per person / Second event $30 per person / Third event $30 per person
Cash prizes for the winners of each event.
The Sun Valley Resort/Lyle Pearson Tennis Tournament is sponsored by: Sun Valley Resort, Lyle Pearson of Boise, Sturtevants Mountain Outfitters and Atkinson’s Market.
Special hotel packages are available for tournament participants September 3-6 starting at
$149 plus tax/based on double occupancy. Sun Valley Resort Reservations: 800-786-8259
Free wine tastings every Wednesday this summer from 5-6pm in the Sun Valley Village. Cool off on the shady outdoor patio next to Konditorei Coffee and sample red and white wines from different distributors every Wednesday.
The guy said, “If you build it, they will come.” Well, The Holdings built it, and last night they came. There were an estimated 6,000 people Sunday night at the Sun Valley Pavilion and on the lawn on a beautiful, clear and warm August evening.
Garth Brooks showed up and with some help from his beautiful wife Trisha Yearwood, put on a wonderful exhibition of his roots in the music business and his growth to the leading country performer in the world. Who knew that he was such an entertaining story teller? Mixed in with the great music we have all grown up with, and the touching stories of his dear father, he wowed the crowd for over an hour before bringing out the entire Sun Valley Symphony Orchestra for support. (As back-up? Imagine that!)
It sounded like everybody had a good time, from the $10,000 per seat folks dancing in the aisles to “I’ve got Friends in Low Places” to all the real country lovers who lined up on the lawn before dawn, and waited all day for a spot in the sun. By the way, the 360 square foot TV screen made perfect viewing for everybody on the lawn, even those who were left ouside the fence without tickets.
And Garth said it made him think of the “Field of Dreams”
Wish you were there
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 30, 31 & August 1 the folks at the River Run Brass Ranch are planning another huge tent sale on the grounds at the River Run Plaza. Expect some screamin’ deals on ski gear, apparel, and equipment of all sorts. It will be another perfect opportunity to take advantage of those deep discounts and gear up for next season.
Also local artist Megan Burks will be showing her latest collection of amazing jewelry and wares for sale under the tent on Saturday. This is a special show, so you don’t want to miss it.
Come on down, have a cup of coffee, you can even buy your husband a beer. You can shop or ride the gondola to the Roundhouse, go for a hike, or just hang out by the river. Sam and the boys have been busy ramping up the jumps and the berms in the Flow Park through the trees, too. There’s lots going on at the River Run Plaza these days for you and your whole family.
See you there!
The Sun Valley “Buy In July” Season Pass sale continues through August 2. Come get your 2010-2011 Sun Valley Season Ski Passes at the best prices now! The full pass is just $1499, and the Sun Plus with all sorts of cool benefits is only $1599. Season passes are on sale at the River Run Lodge, the Sun Valley Recreation Center or online. Prices go up August 3.
It was a beautiful night at River run last night, perfect skies, hot in the sun and very nice and cool in the shade of the setting sun. Thanks to the Sun Valley Ski Patrol, all the first Responders in the area, the USFS, St Lukes, Julie Gallagher, Holly Dupont, Spooky Taft, Shell Gourlay and all the 200 (count-em) volunteers, the event was a huge success.
Mason put on a clean show with a good selection of new stuff, and a fun nostalgia-filled finish that had everybody up, and calling for more. The Kole Moulton Band offered a great selection of real Idaho Country tunes that we hope to hear more of. And Bryant Dunn spoke eloquently for the Mountain lifestyle, and our community, and the Michael family. The evening finished with a late trip up the gondola and a reception at the historic Roundhouse Restaurant. What a beautiful ride down in the moonlight! That was something none of us will soon forget. We hope to see that again soon.
Thanks to Sun Valley Company and Tim Silva for all the generous support, and the use of the venue, the mountain, and the beautiful grounds at River Run. Once again we had a beautiful event offered to the community in the spirit of generousity, and service. More to come, we are certain.
See you
Yep, that’s right, the world famous rock and roll artist Dave Mason will be performing at River Run tomorrow night! The music starts at 5:00pm with Kole Moulton and the Lonely Road, and the Disciples of Rock followed by Dave Mason at 7:00pm. It should be a great show, one that you don’t want to miss. If you haven’t been to a concert at River Run, this is a perfect chance to come out and see one. Tickets are only $20 for adults, and $5 for kids under 12, available at all Sun Valley ticket outlets.
Sun Valley Resort will offer BBQ items on site, and there will be a no-host bar set up near Pete Lane’s Bike Shop on River Run Plaza.
To add to the fun all the local first responder agencies will be in the River Run parking lot all afternoon showing off their cool gear and new equipment. We’ll see the Blaine County Search and Rescue with their rescue dogs and all the local fire departments. The USFS Helitac helicopter will be there, as well as the Life Flight helicopter from St. Lukes Hospital. These are the folks that make it possible for us all to enjoy the mountain life we enjoy in the beautiful Wood River Valley. This is your chance to meet all these fine community servants and get to know them and find out what they do for us. Have you ever seen a helicopter up close?
See you there.
